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Author unveils diversity education’s flaws, calls for open dialogue for improving race relations in new book

Small keys can open large doors and my book may hold the small key that opens the large door to revive Dr. Martin Luther King’s crucial national conversation on race relations which he started but never continued after his assassination.

FAIRFAX, Va. (PRWEB)November 10, 2016

John Fuller, Ed.D., a nationwide diversity practitioner, has presented hundreds of cultural awareness sessions and facilitated race relations dialogues to thousands of participants in nearly every state. In “America’s Diversity Meltdown: Challenging Diversity Education and Its Epic Failure to Improve Race Relations” (published by Archway Publishing), Fuller offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at how the genesis of diversity education required “us versus them” themes that essentially created the “white elephant in the room” in every classroom and, how mostly repackaged curriculum exists but with the same theme today.

In his book, Fuller, a white male, offers an open discourse about white male privilege, communities of color, identities, affirmative action and divisive rhetoric. He reveals how over 30-plus years of mostly mandatory diversity training provided by businesses, communities and the federal government have failed to improve what he calls is the caldera of negative race relations that is not being discussed in classrooms. Fuller strives to replace the current approach with the mindset of “it is all about us” through meaningful and action-oriented dialogue. Fuller offers practical recommendations that would overhaul current failed diversity education and create new pathways to success that include his “Gateway to Race Relations World Café Dialogue.”

Fuller says, “Small keys can open large doors and my book may hold the small key that opens the large door to revive Dr. Martin Luther King’s crucial national conversation on race relations which he started but never continued after his assassination.”

About the Author
John Fuller, Ed.D., is a diversity champion with over 26 years of diversity and EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) experience. Currently the Chief Employee Engagement Educator with the Department of Veterans Affairs, he was the former Director of Workforce Diversity and EEO for Johns Hopkins Hospital. He holds a Doctor of Education, Master of Science in Business Ethics, Master of Science in Community Leadership and Master of Arts in Education. He is a retired U.S. Army Major and was a U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant during the Vietnam-era, with over 22 combined years of active duty military and numerous military awards. Fuller is a recipient of the prestigious Johns Hopkins Institutions' Martin Luther King Community Service Award in recognition for his extensive community service contributions and involvement. He is married to his wife Christine of 35 years and they have two children, Stephanie and David, and one granddaughter, Jane. For more information, readers may visit http://www.challengingdiversity.com.

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